REDWOOD CITY — A San Mateo County man was sentenced to jail for fatally beating a neighbor’s poodle he believed had impregnated his dog several times, prosecutors said Friday.

Marcos Montano-Topete, 33, already has credit for 352 days behind bars for attacking the dog, a 12-pound poodle named Globsis, with a brick. He also must go to counseling and is prohibited from working with animals, San Mateo County chief deputy district attorney Karen Guidotti said.

A jury deliberated for two hours in February before convicting Montano-Topete of maliciously killing an animal and animal cruelty, both felonies, for the March 26, 2012 attack. The convictions left him faced with a maximum of three years behind bars.

Prosecutors said Montano-Topete attacked the dog in front of his house in an unincorporated area near Redwood City and told the dog’s then 16-year-old owner, a neighbor, the animal was laying in his yard. When the girl found 5-year-old Globsis, he was convulsing, couldn’t move and was in a pool of his own blood.

The Peninsula Humane Society rushed the dog into emergency surgery at the Redwood City pet hospital, but the injuries were so severe the dog had to be put to sleep. Prosecutors said Globsis’ snout was crushed in the attack.

Montano-Topete claimed the dog has impregnated his Chihuaha three times. While on the stand at his trial, as the only defense witness, the defendant claimed he spotted Globsis mating with his dog and hurled a brick at it, prosecutors said.

Montano-Topete has been held without bail since his conviction in February.

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